Sandhya Nair, TNN | Jun 25, 2012, 06.24PM IST
MUMBAI: A doctor and two medical representatives have been booked by the Navghar police in Bhayander (east) for illegally selling abortion pills and kits to patients.
Acting on a tip-off the Thane Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials along with the police raided the Saileela Clinic of Dr Digambar Patil (38) located on Goddev Road in Bhayander (east) and seized 40 illegal abortion kits.
Investigations revealed that Himanshu Mishra who runs the Om Pharma Company at Vasai used to procure the abortion kits from a Chennai based company allegedly at the behest of Dr Patil. The doctor would then with the help of two medical representatives-Pankaj Gaud and Satish Kumar Jha--sell it to doctors and medical stores in the Mira-Bhayander and Vasai-Virar region. A case has also been registered against Gaud, a Kandivli resident and Jha, a resident of Nalasopara.
The FDA, along with the Bhayander police had earlier raided the Bhayander (west) based Jyoti Distributors for illegally stocking abortion kits and pills in the form of mifepristone and misoprostol used in medical termination of pregnancies. The distributor had fake bills of kits being supplied to medical shops in the region and neighbouring talukas.
An unregistered abortion kit was found in the Shriji Clinic maternity home of Dr Sachin Gujarati at Narmada Nagar, Bhayander. A total of 280 illegal abortion kits have been seized from the region since the raid began last week.
As per FDA rules, only qualified MD doctors or gynecologists can prescribe abortion kits registered with the health department. Doctors have to maintain a record of the kits and the patients on whom it was administered.
Both the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation ( MBMC) and the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation ( VVMC) have formed a team of doctors to inspect maternity homes and sonography centres to check for illegal sex determination tests.
Link: Bhayander doctor among three booked for selling illegal abortion kits
Acting on a tip-off the Thane Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials along with the police raided the Saileela Clinic of Dr Digambar Patil (38) located on Goddev Road in Bhayander (east) and seized 40 illegal abortion kits.
Investigations revealed that Himanshu Mishra who runs the Om Pharma Company at Vasai used to procure the abortion kits from a Chennai based company allegedly at the behest of Dr Patil. The doctor would then with the help of two medical representatives-Pankaj Gaud and Satish Kumar Jha--sell it to doctors and medical stores in the Mira-Bhayander and Vasai-Virar region. A case has also been registered against Gaud, a Kandivli resident and Jha, a resident of Nalasopara.
The FDA, along with the Bhayander police had earlier raided the Bhayander (west) based Jyoti Distributors for illegally stocking abortion kits and pills in the form of mifepristone and misoprostol used in medical termination of pregnancies. The distributor had fake bills of kits being supplied to medical shops in the region and neighbouring talukas.
An unregistered abortion kit was found in the Shriji Clinic maternity home of Dr Sachin Gujarati at Narmada Nagar, Bhayander. A total of 280 illegal abortion kits have been seized from the region since the raid began last week.
As per FDA rules, only qualified MD doctors or gynecologists can prescribe abortion kits registered with the health department. Doctors have to maintain a record of the kits and the patients on whom it was administered.
Both the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation ( MBMC) and the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation ( VVMC) have formed a team of doctors to inspect maternity homes and sonography centres to check for illegal sex determination tests.
Link: Bhayander doctor among three booked for selling illegal abortion kits
No comments:
Post a Comment